KOTA KINABALU: Manila has sent additional battalions to hunt down gunmen who are holding four Malaysian sailors in the Abu Sayyaf stronghold of Jolo.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, who met his Philippines counterpart Jose Rene D. Almendras in Manila on Thursday, said that Manila was looking at the kidnappings seriously as it also involved other nationals including Indonesian sailors.
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